Description: Part I: Background: Introduction. The Role of Phase Science within Physical Science. Part II: Physical Chemistry: The Thermodynamics of Immiscibility. Phase Diagrams and the Phase Rule. The Characteristic Features of Surfactant Phase Behavior. The Kinetic and Mechanistic Aspects of Surfactant Phase Behavior. Surfactant Phase Behavior and Relative Humidity. Part III: Structural Chemistry: The Structures and Properties of Surfactant Phases. Part IV: MolecularCorrelations: Surfactant and Nonsurfactant Behavior in Amphiphilic Molecules. Hydrophilicity and Proximate Substituent Effects on Phase Behavior. Lipophilicity, Remote Substituent Effects, and HLB. The Influence of Third Components on Aqueous Surfactant Phase Behavior. Miscellaneous: The Relationship of the Physical Science of Surfactants to Their Utility. A History of Surfactant Phase Science. Appendices. Subject Index.

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